| Main Entry: | pert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively, bold |
Synonyms: |
animated, audacious, brash, brazen, breezy, bright, brisk, cheeky*, dapper, daring, dashing, disrespectful, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, gay, impertinent, impudent, insolent, jaunty, keen, nervy, perky, presumptuous, sassy*, saucy*, smart, smart-alecky, spirited, sprightly, vivacious, wise |
Antonyms: |
dull, humble, lifeless |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowing, coy |
Synonyms: |
artful, frolicsome, mischievous, pert, playful, roguish, saucy, sly, waggish, wily |
| Main Entry: | bold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brazen, insolent |
Synonyms: |
assuming, audacious, barefaced, brash, brassy, cheeky, coming on strong, confident, forward, fresh, gritty, gutsy, immodest, impudent, insolent, nervy, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, saucy, shameless, smart, smart-alecky, spunky |
Antonyms: |
meek, quiet, reticent, retiring, shy, timid, timorous |
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
Synonyms: |
arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | brazen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, unashamed |
Synonyms: |
audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, contumelious, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, hotshot, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, overbold, pert, saucy, shameless, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spunky, tawdry, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | flippant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irreverent |
Synonyms: |
brassy, breezy, cheeky*, cocky, disrespectful, flighty, flip*, fresh, frivolous, glib, impertinent, impudent, insolent, lippy, nervy, offhand, pert, playful, rude, sassy*, smart*, smart-alecky, superficial |
Antonyms: |
courteous, respectful, reverent, serious |
| Main Entry: | forward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, impertinent |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, assuming, audacious, bantam, bare-faced, bold, brazen, cheeky*, coming on strong, confident, familiar, fresh, impudent, nervy, overassertive, overweening, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, pushy*, rude, sassy*, saucy*, self-assertive, smart, smart-alecky, uppity, wise |
Antonyms: |
meek, reserved, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sassy, brazen |
Synonyms: |
bold, cheeky*, disrespectful, familiar, flip*, flippant, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, pert, presumptuous, rude, saucy*, smart*, smart-alecky, snippy, wise |
Antonyms: |
gentle, kind, polite |
| Main Entry: | impertinent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, brash, brassy, brazen, contumelious, discourteous, disgracious, flip*, forward, fresh, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, inappropriate, incongruous, inquisitive, insolent, interfering, intrusive, lippy, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, off base, offensive, out of line, pert, presumptuous, procacious, prying, rude, sassy*, smart, smart alecky, uncalled-for, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unsuitable |
Antonyms: |
kind, mannered, nice, polite, refined, respectful |
| Main Entry: | impish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous |
Synonyms: |
casual, devil-may-care, devilish, elfin, elvish, fiendish, flippant, free and easy, fresh, frolicsome, giddy, jaunty, naughty, offhand, pert, pixieish, playful, prankish, puckish, rascally, saucy*, sportive, waggish |
Antonyms: |
behaved, subdued, unmischievous |